Church of the Holy Ascension
CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, A 18
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1204679
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Ascension
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, A 18
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1204679
- Date first listed:
- 06-Nov-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of the Holy Ascension
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, A 18
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, A 18
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Melton Ross
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 07147 10748
Details
MELTON ROSS A 18 HUMBERSIDE GLANFORD 5264 TA 01 SE (north side) 6/29 Church of the Holy 6/11/67 Ascension - II Parish church. 1867 by Ewan Christian, incorporating masonry from earlier medieval and C18 churches. Chancel decorated in 1890 by Messrs W 0 Powell of London and Lincoln; nave decorated in 1895. Limestone and ironstone ashlar. Westmorland slate roof. Gothic Revival style. 3-bay nave with south porch and west bell-cote, single-bay apsidal chancel with vestry adjoining north side. Nave: plinth, buttresses; 2-light and 3-light segmental pointed traceried windows; west side has single traceried lancets either side of a central buttress supporting a projecting bell-cote with twin shouldered-arch opening and pierced roundel above, coped gable and ashlar cross finial. Chancel: stepped plinth, sill stringcourse; single and twin trefoiled lancets with hood-moulds. Porch: angle buttresses, pointed shafted outer arch of 2 orders. Interior. Pointed moulded chancel arch on shafted responds with foliate capitals. Collared scissor-beam nave roof, ribbed vaulted chancel roof. Chancel arch, roofs and frieze at top of nave wall all have rich polychrome painted decoration. Late C18 and early C19 marble wall tablets to Holgate family at west end of nave. Ornate C19 font. N Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, p 315; Stamford Mercury, 9 January 1891, p3.
Listing NGR: TA0714710748
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 165932
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 315
Stamford Mercury in 9 January, (1891), 3
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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